My sister and I gave our mom a cooking/kitchen-themed-basket-gift last year for her birthday. We scoured store after store to find quality oven-mitts {they're harder to find than you would expect}; we went to a specialty kitchen store and found a variety Amish Country popcorn {delicious} and fancy caramel candies; we even managed to find metal measuring cups.
Remembering this, {and how much our mom loved it} I searched for present to give her this year. I ended up getting her spa-themed gifts: a candle, lotion, body spray, and three different facial masks {no basket, sadly}. So..